Advanced Racing

Course Description

J World Sailing School and Sailing Club , the top rated sailing school in the country, has been offering advanced sailboat and yacht racing instruction and coaching since our founding over 30 years ago. For more info about our entire range of racing courses, visit here.

The five day Advanced Racing class is a sailing course designed for the experienced racer. The course is taught aboard our identical J80’s with no more than four people plus an instructor aboard each boat, so you get lots of personal attention!

The class covers advanced sail trim and boat handling, attacking and defending on the start line, powering and depowering the sail plan, mark roundings, advanced spinnaker skills (including both the symmetric and asymmetric spinnakers), tactics and strategy around the race course, practical application of the racing rules, and elements of efficient team work. The week of training culminates on Friday with competition in the J World Friday Regatta.

Our Boats

We teach on the latest generation of sportboats: more comfortable, safer, faster, and better learning platforms. Offshore rated, yet nimble and responsive, these boats have huge cockpits, high booms, and are extremely well balanced.

Our Staff

Most of our team are full-time, year-round professional sailing coaches… not just seasonal, part-timers. All J/World instructors teach everything from these beginning sailing courses to private cruising classes and race coaching. Just because you are a beginning sailor in ea learn to sail class doesn’t mean you should have a beginning instructor… in fact, quite the opposite!

Our Curricilum

J/World has been teaching sailors for 35 years, and much longer that ANYONE has been certifying them. We teach our own curriculum which have been proven successful and launched thousands of sailing adventures….

More time sailing. More course days. Exceptional boats. Phenomenal instructors. But don’t just take our word for it. See below to read some of our customers testimonials to read why we have been selected as the “Best in the Business” for over 19 years running. And please ask sailors and do lots of web searches… we feel confident that the more you ask around, the more great things you will hear about us and the more likely you will come to J/World!

Improve your sailing skills with the top rated sailing school in the country, J/World

Advanced Racing – Price

US Sailing Certified

J/World is a US Sailing Certified educational facility. While most of our courses offer certification, we also pride ourselves in delivering a curriculum that far exceeds the base standards. We have been teaching sailing longer than anyone has been offering certifications. Our goal is to make you a confident and competent sailor. Many colleges offer Bachelor’s degrees, but we all know they are not equal. The same holds true for sailing schools. If you really want to learn, come to J World.

Private Instruction

If you prefer a private experience over a group course, we offer the opportunity to receive fully personalized attention from one of the best sailing instructors in the country. You can come alone, or limit the enrollment in a particular course to your group of friends or family. We provide custom sailing instruction for individuals or groups at prices which compare favorably to standard courses, and will custom tailor the curriculum to meet your specific goals on a schedule which accommodates your plans. Visit here for more info.

Testimonials

We had an absolutely fantastic time and achieved one of my life long goals – learning to sail! The Instructors were truly great and we appreciated their very professional and friendly teaching style. We’ll be back for sure! Thank you for a great experience, J/World. Please send our regards to everyone….

D & ALearn to Sail, September 2007

Just wanted to say thank you for a great week taking the Performance Cruising class at J/World. Sailing the J80 was mucho fun and that J105 is a rocket! Both of my instructors are super talented and I definitely learned more in that one week than I have in quite a while. I’ll be in touch to do more sailing with J/World!

J.K.Performance Cruising, July 2008

I wanted to thank you for a wonderful trip and the experience of a lifetime. I was and remain extremely impressed with all the preparation and hard work that you put in to make this trip a success. I took from this experience not only a great deal of knowledge on ocean sailing, but also increased confidence in my ability as a sailor.

M.C.Pacific Cup, 2008

[Our instructor] did an incredible job of ensuring that we both had a positive experience. I have been an educator for almost 30 years. Currently I am Superintendent of Schools for a jurisdiction of over 10,000 students with 1050 staff. I can assure you that [our J/World instructor] is a natural teacher with a broad range of skills.

P. & J. L. Learn to Sail, January 2013

I just wanted to take a minute to express my appreciation for this weeks class, and to let you know I was really impressed with [my instructors]. You have a great team there! I certainly got everything I’d hoped for… and more. The J/80 was a blast, and the time on my own boat was invaluable. The Friday race was the perfect end to an excellent week…

B.W.Race Week & Private Coaching, August, 2008

Absolutely exceeded my expectations in every dimension. The boats were exceptional… new modern and in good shape. The instructors were awesome. It was hard to believe you could get that level of experience and accomplishment and at the same time have great teachers. Thanks you J/World Team!

H.H.Learn to Sail, October 2008

As someone who’s been teaching and evaluating teachers for a quarter of a century, I’m writing to tell your instructor is one of the best I’ve seen. He’s tremendously skilled at communicating knowledge and also has the rare talent of being able to tell what his students do and don’t understand.